Artificial bait



Sept. 15, 1925.

H. S. DILLS ARTIFICIAL BAIT Filed Aug. 14. 1922 f/crfl m'VENTOR.

I I 7' H ATTORNEY.

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ap lication area iiiugut'i; tr, :z' I To all 'wfwmitmay concern." thebait to wig; do in imitation of the move- 6 Be it known that l, Humorf1), i re-ate, it merits of a nsh through the water. 'When" citizen ofthe United States, residing at the controlling member is turned over so7 Garrett, in the county of De Kalb and that the section 6 projectsupwardly and State of llndiana, have invented new and forwardly and thewall 3 rojects upwardly useful Improvements in Artificial Baits, of fromthe section 1- the bait will remain on which the following is aspecification, the surface of the Water or near said surface Theinvention relates to artificial baits. and will produce a commotion inthe Water lits object is to rovide a novel and simple as it is drawnthrough the same. This conl9 etficient bait having a strongresemstruction of the controlling member or head blance to. a liveminnow, and also to provide piece is similar to that described in myprebait body with a novel form of tail or flu vious Patent 'No.1,352,054, y members having great durability. At the rear end of thebody 1 a Vertical Numerous forms of tails and fins have slit is formedinto which the tail piece .8 is I been attached to bait bodies toimitate a inserted and secured. This tailpiece ais natural minnow, suchas rubber, rubberized -formed ofsuitable fabric such as res-grain 7olotl1, fiannel, pork rind, but all such have ribbon, the latter beingpreferred eca-use of their disadvantages, for instance, rubber its closeimitation to the natural tail. The rapidly deteriorates, flannel fraysout .raptail piece is immersed in a suitable lacquer, idly,- a pork rindis greasy and un leasant such as celluloid lacquer, which not only tocarry and handle and the salt in'lt causes preserves the fabric but alsoserves to secure 3' to form on the hooks and upon other the tailpiece inthe slot formed in the body, tackle carried in the tackle box. By my in-The fabric may be colored as desired. vention ll overcome theseobjections and dis- Afin 9 of similar material is engaged in aadvantages and provide in addition a very slot formed in the top of thebody 1 and line Y attractive bait closely resembling a natural 10, oneon either side, may also be secured minnow, v 1 tothe-body at suitablepoints, the latter fins "in the accompanying drawings l have ilbeingformed of the same material. The lustrated the invention, in whichFigure 1 body. thus equipped'with the tail piece and is a sideelevational view of a bait provided such fins as may be desiredpresents, a very with the invention; Fig. 2a side elevational closeresemblance to a natural minnovuand' 8 view of: another bait providedwith a modithis, coupled with its movement through the iied term of'theinvention and Fig. 3a plan water caused by the head piece,- produces. aview of the bait illustrated in; Fig. 2. y i very life like minnow inmotion. a i

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body In Figs. 2 and 3, the body 11is rovided i of the bait having; any shape or form as may with the samehead piece 12 and Wit a hook to be desired. Any number of hooks 2 may be13,; and at the reariend is secured avribbon secured'to the body atsuitable points, one 14 ,of the same material cut so that: the.

I book only being shown for thesake of simridges extend up and down. Theribbon is 9 plicity. [At the forward endof the body is treated with thelacquer. at its forward end a A thecontrolling member formed ofavertical inlordcr tostrengthen an saidpoint so 99 i v Wall 3 with arear'vvardly extending portion that it will not readily tear offthering' or or section dadapted to be inserted into a slot eye 15. It isalso lacquered at the opposite c termed in said end or the bodyandsecurcd end to avoid fraying of thematerial and it 1 therein by thescrew eye 5 inserted through may also be lacquered at any other point,

the top or the body and throughan opening desirable. The ribbon may becolored as 100 in the mid section 4%. An inclined section 6 desired.This elongated tail serves as a rind @rojectstorvvardly at a suitable anlefrom similarly to the common pork rind, but one edge of the Wall andan eye has a without the disadvantages offithe latter;

I 0 swivelvconnection to the wall 3, to which The lacquer is notessential but]: have'toun'cl i the line ielattached. The controllin momthat it adds materially to. the life of 'tlie" 1,05 I

v herregulates the depth to which t e bait fabric,

7 travel 'vvhen drawnthrough the Water jzIn bothembodiments oftheinvention tho' fl qf eta together, with-the vertical wall cause tail istreeto wigglerearwardly of the body; 1

'he mime be mostlzi'e-like in action,

else having a hmltefl movement.

i-claimi sz v fish-belt, .fibhe combmatlon .of a

/ 9,136. a lacquered ribbon formed, of

' fabric 'seeuretl t0, the body for the sgibed. I

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wardly therefrom. e

In witness whereof I have hereunto su b scgrgzbed my name this 9th dayof August,

' army 3. BILLS; I

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